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The Trail of the Bootless Toe – part 2

17/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth – Perth – 19 January 1930, page 6 The Trail of the Bootless Toe Led on to death. Part 1: But Tom Traine Followed Another Trail — that Into the Golden Future (continued from part 1) The temporary manager of Munkaderry Station, on his way to Eva Downs, noticed the trail of the ‘Bootless […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – news 11th Apr 2021

10/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This week we have a bit of a change in your weekly missive. I know that change is not always good, I dislike it myself, but I assure you that your usual stories will proceed after my few words each week. I’m writing this as something I have been meaning to do for a while, […]

Filed Under: About Outback Family History

The Strange Case of Frederick Smith

10/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

A telegraph was received at Cue from Burnakurra, stating that a trucker who was employed at the Wha GM at Errolls had been killed. It also stated that the body was buried at Errolls, and that no inquest was opened. The newspaper three days later reported – “In the circumstances, it will be necessary, in […]

Filed Under: People

The Thirloway Boys – grave tales

10/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Young William ‘Billie’ Edward Thirloway died aged only 8 years of age and was buried in the Kalgoorlie cemetery on the 22nd November 1931.  Billie’s parents must have been devastated when six years later, on the exact anniversary of Billie’s death, a tragic accident took the life of his brother, Jack Carlson Thirloway aged 14 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

The Trail of the Bootless Toe – part 1

10/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth – Perth – 19 January 1930, page 6 So he bore to the North!  The indent of his big toe that protruded through his worn boot faintly marking the dry dust as he went. All sinewy and almost  as straight as a sapling that nature has bent, just a fraction, where the shoulder stem […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, They were 1st Tagged With: Australian History, Mt Eva

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